When Shi Feiyang emerged from seclusion, Jinxu Nu had already returned to Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain, while Deng Bagu was still transporting water from the South Sea into the Tarim Basin.
Xiong Manniang had rushed off to help the Void-Treading Immortal Xiao Shijiu through a tribulation. Fire Wuhai had gone overseas on business, leaving only Lin Han and Shi Sheng cultivating at the Ming-Yu Immortal Market.
The two told Shi Feiyang what had happened over the past few years and presented him with the Nine Sons Mother Thunder Pearl Jinxu Nu had confiscated.
After a brief calculation, Shi Feiyang guessed what had happened. "That Blood Shadow was Blood Gods Son Deng Yin, and the one sending Demonic Sound down from the clouds was Chishi Divine Monarch of Western Kunlun. Hmm, he took your Senior Sister Xiong's Dragon Sparrow Ring. That's no matter. I happen to need an excuse to go find him."
He could guess what Deng Yin was thinking. Deng Yin knew Shi Feiyang intended to deal with him and wanted to build up his own forces, so he had simply rescued Nine-Li Divine Lord. Not only would he gain a trusted right-hand man, but since Nine-Li Divine Lord was an enemy of Shi Feiyang's entire lineage, he could also put some pressure on them.
Shi Feiyang checked the two disciples' progress and found they had advanced considerably. Though they could not match Jinxu Nu, Fire Wuhai, or Deng Bagu, they were scarcely inferior to Yuan Hua. If sent out into the world, they could establish sects of their own and lead them independently.
Their innate aptitude had always been the finest, better than anyone else's, so their rapid progress was only natural. Compared with the original story, both had entered Shi Feiyang's tutelage earlier: Lin Han an entire